Finnish–English dictionary

virheellinen

Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.

virheellisesti

In an erroneous manner.

virheellisyys

(uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue.

virheetön

Without fault; free from defect or error.

virheettömästi

In a flawless manner.

virhehavainto

A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.

virhepäätelmä

(logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.

virheravitsemus

A lack of adequate nourishment.

virheravittu

Suffering from malnutrition.

virhetoiminta

Faulty functioning.

viriili

Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.

virike

The force that causes something to move or a physical process to occur.

viriö

(weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.

viritellä

To rig or set up with a trick or device.

viritelmä

The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.

viritetty

(of a musical instrument) Tuned to the correct pitch.

viritin

A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch.

virittää

(transitive) To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.

virittäjä

(mathematics) An element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group: one of the elements from which the others can be inferred with the given relators.

virittäminen

Action of the verb to tune.

virittynyt

(physics) Being in a state of higher energy.

viritys

(music) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.

viritysmittari

A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch.

viritystappi

A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

virka

A position of responsibility.

virka-asu

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

virkaa tekevä

(chiefly, UK) Temporary, on a short term basis.

virkaa toimittava

Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.

virkaan astuminen

The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.

virkaan sopimaton

(archaic, or, obsolete) Of a person: guilty of extremely disgraceful conduct or some misconduct; infamous; also, unfit for their office or position due to misconduct, etc.

virkaan vihkiminen

A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.

virkaanastujaiset

Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.

virkaanastujaispuhe

A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.

virkailija

One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

virkakausi

The term of this office.

virkalakki

A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.

virkamies

A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.

virkanimike

That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

virkarikos

(legal) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.

virkasauva

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

virkasyyte

(countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.

virkata

(ambitransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.

virkatoveri

A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.

virkavaltainen

Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

virkaveli

A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.

virke

(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.]

virkeä

Attentive; awake; on guard.

virkistää

(transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic.

virkistäminen

The process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.

virkistävä

Invigorating or stimulating.

virkistäytyä

(dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

virkiste

A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.

virkistyä

(intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.

virkistys

Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

virkkaa

(transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.

virkkuutyö

(sewing) A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.

virmajuuri

More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana.

virne

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

virnistää

(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

virnistellä

(intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

virnistys

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

virnuilla

(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

Viro

A country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Official name: Republic of Estonia.

virolainen

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language.

viron kieli

(uncountable) The Uralic language that is the official language of Estonia.

vironsusi

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

virota

(obsolete, transitive) To bring back to life; to revive, resuscitate. [16th–17th c.]

virranjakaja

A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.

virranrajoitin

(countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)

virrata

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.

virrata ulos

(intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.

virsi

A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.

virstanpylväs

(idiomatic) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.

virta

The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.

virtaama

(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).

virtaava

(archaic, of water) Flowing, not stagnant.

virtaava aine

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.

virtaavuus

The quality of smoothness of flow.

virtahepo

(Bible) A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.

virtahevon ihra

The fat of the hippopotamus.

virtapaikka

A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.

virtapiiri

(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.

virtaska

Electricity.

virtaus

The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.

virtaviiva

(physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.

virtaviivainen

Designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines.

virtaviivaistaa

(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.

virtsa

(urology) Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting urine, its production, function, or excretion.

virtsaputki

(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.

virtsata

(ambitransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).

virtuaalihahmo

(internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

virtuaalimetodi

(countable, programming) A virtual (adjective sense 3.3) member function of a class.

virtuaalinen

Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.

virtuaalitodellisuus

(uncountable) That which is simulated in a computer and/or online; virtual reality; (countable) an instance of this; specifically (gambling) , a computer simulation of a real-world sport such as horse racing.

virtuoosi

Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. [from 18th c.]

virtuositeetti

The technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso.

virua

(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. [from 15th c.]

virulenssi

The state of being virulent.

viruminen

(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.

virus

A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).

virus-

(virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.

virustauti

(informal, metonymically) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.

virustorjunta

(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.

virustorjuntaohjelma

(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.

virvelimatto

(music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.

virvelirumpu

(music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.

virvoitusjuoma

(usually, countable, usually, in the plural) That which refreshes, such as a light snack or drink.

virvoke

(usually, countable, usually, in the plural) That which refreshes, such as a light snack or drink.

visainen

Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)

visentti

The wisent, species Bos bonasus, Europe's heaviest land animal.

viserrys

A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

visertää

(intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.

Vishnu

(Hinduism) One of the Trimurti (trinity) in Hindu mythology, and the most venerated god in Hinduism.

visiiri

A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.

visio

A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.

visioida

To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.

visionääri

Someone who has visions; a seer.

visionäärinen

Having vision or foresight.

viskaali

A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.

viskaaminen

act of separating chaff from grain

viskaista

(transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. [from 16th c.]

viskata

(transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. [from 16th c.]

viskatsa

Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus.

viskaus

A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion

viski

(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey.

viskoa

(intransitive) To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

viskoosi

A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

viskoosikuitu

A fabric made from this material.

viskoosinen

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).

viskoosisuus

(uncountable) The state of being viscous.

viskoottinen

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).

viskositeetti

(countable, physics) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.

vislaus

Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.

vispata

(transitive) To beat or whip.

vispilä

A kitchen implement for mixing.

visteri

Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.

visuaalinen

Related to or affecting the vision.

visuaalisesti

By means of sight.

visualisoida

To depict (something) in a way which can be seen.

visumateriaali

(uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.

visusti

In a close manner.

visut

(uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.

visva

(medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

vitaalinen

Relating to or characteristic of life.

vitalismi

The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.

vitamiini

A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.

vitivalkoinen

The white color of snow.

vitja

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

vitka

(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.

vitkastella

(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.